The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31

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dozen years, was a sickly child of as
many months that attracted her atten-
ton. 1t was On angel-fair little creature,
and the pale gold hair shone in that dis
NAL court, so carefully had it been kept.
The tiny fingers that lay -listlessly on the
grimy old rag of petticoat were un-
sullicd, and altogether the baby was an
exotic among weeds The lady wondered
as she picked her way through the Of
fensive place and climbed the stairs to a
murky little room on the fourth floor.
The hunted cook had gone to see place,
80 her sister said. As the visitor stood
talking of the cooks probable return,
she saw on bed a magnificent cashmere
embroidered cloak, little cap of rich
lace and a pile of lawn and flannel baby
petticoats. The incongruity of this out
fit with the squalid room struck her as
forcibly as the pale flower of child in
the courtyard below.
"She's shure to be home by foive,
num-" said the sister, and the lady
agreed to return at that hour.
Going out, she asked the child nurse
in the yard who the baby was that she
carried.
'Its me little brothcr-fwat are ye
giving mew returned the hoodlum, and
the lady fled, frightened at the impudent
remarks Of the gang. Nevertheless at 5
she ventured to return, and as she went
ND stairs she overlook a much dressed
and very much flushed young woman
bearing the blonde baby on her Lip.
The poor things face was smeared with
dirt, and its little hands bore evidence it
had been creeping on the green and
reeking bricks of the courtyard. Into
the cooks sisters room bounced the girl,
and while the lady talked to the prospec-
tive servant the child was hastily cleaned
and put into the rich clothes that still
covered the bed. In the shadow OF the
inner apartment this operation was per
formed, while scraps of conversation
about the presence of Tim Kelly and
Andy MCGEE at Jones's Wood informed
the lady that the nurse girl had been to
picnic. My friend hurried away, and get
ting into her coupe, bade the driver never
lose sight of the girl and baby when
they should come out. In few minutes
the chase began, up avenue A to Twenty
third street, behind cross-town car to
Madison avenue in the rear of stage,
till the girl climbed out at Thirty. ty.seventh
street and ran along couple of blocks
to a stately mansion and disappeared in
to the basement. The excited lady went
up the steps, and when her summons
was answered by the portly butler, she
asked to see the mistress at once. The
wife and mother soon heard the story.
It wss a fine situation when that nurse
girl was called UP and asked about her
afternoon. She had been in Central park
all the time-lct her tell it-had had the
baby in the donkey carts and watching
the soups, and then rode down in the
Broadway cars. No words could express
the thanks bestowed on the informer.
But for the discovery they were going to
take the faithless creature to Europe.
Time and time again when this delicate
child was supposed to be taking the air
of the parks it had been stripped OF its
fine clothes in order to keep them fresh.
dressed in dirty thin rags instead OF
warm fanneis, and left to contract dis
ease in the f9tid courtyard of slcken-
ing tenement building.